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Islington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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of 1.37 per 1.000. There was a decrease of 57 on the ten years' average number of
deatlis, and of 0 24 on the mean death-rate.
'Tuberculosis (Respiratory System). Proportion of Dcatlis Death rates
Death rates from Tuberculosis from All Causes
Years. Deaths. per 1,000 per 100 Deaths per 1,000
inhabitants. from All Causes. inhabitants.
1912 427 1.31 9.12 14.3
1913 420 1.26 8.35 15.1
1914 461 1.42 9.33 15.2
1915 496 1.57 8.98 17.0
1916 458 1.48 9.64 15.3
1917 485 1.63 10.54 15.5
1918 516 1.80 8.83 20.4
1919 388 1.18 8.56 14.1
1920 349 1.04 7.80 13.3
1921 355 1.07 8.13 13.1
Average 10 years 435 1.37 8.90 15.4
1922 378 1.13 8.19 13.8
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5-15 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 15-25 | 38 | 34 | 72 |
| 25-35 | 46 | 31 | 77 |
| 35-45 | 54 | 25 | 79 |
| 45-55 | 49 | 28 | 77 |
| 55-65 | 35 | 13 | 48 |
| 65 upwards | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Total | 233 | 145 | 378 |
| Quarters. | Tufnel1. | Upper Hollo-way. | Tollington. | Lower Hollo-way. | High-bury. | Barns-bury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 117 |
| Second | 7 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 102 |
| Third | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 76 |
| Fourth | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 83 |
| The Year | 28 | 41 | 35 | 42 | 70 | 69 | 93 | 378 |
| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M | F | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | [ L.H. | H. | B. | S.F. | ||
| Respiratory | 2 | 5 | 371 | 233 | 145 | 28 | 41 | 35 | 42 | 70 | 69 | 93 | 378 |
| Meningeal | 4 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 36 |
| Abdominal | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| General | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Other forms | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| All Tuberculosis | 7 | 36 | 390 | 259 | 174 | 32 | 45 | 41 | 48 | 83 | 74 | 110 | 433 |